Earlier this month, 30 early contributors came together in Bangalore, India, for the first-ever Finternet Co-Creation Workshop.
We came with open questions, unfinished tools, and one shared goal:
➡️ Move the Finternet from vision to reality.
1/4
How to build a thriving open source community by writing code like bacteria do 🦠. Bacterial code (genomes) are:
- small (each line of code costs energy)
- modular (organized into groups of swappable operons)
- self-contained (easily "copy paste-able" via horizontal gene transfer)
If chunks of code are small, modular, self-contained and trivial to copy-and-paste, the community can thrive via horizontal gene transfer. For any function (gene) or class (operon) that you write: can you imagine someone going "yoink" without knowing the rest of your code or having to import anything new, to gain a benefit? Could your code be a trending GitHub gist?
This coding style guide has allowed bacteria to colonize every ecological nook from cold to hot to acidic or alkaline in the depths of the Earth and the vacuum of space, along with an insane diversity of carbon anabolism, energy metabolism, etc. It excels at rapid prototyping but... it can't build complex life. By comparison, the eukaryotic genome is a significantly larger, more complex, organized and coupled monorepo. Significantly less inventive but necessary for complex life - for building entire organs and coordinating their activity. With our advantage of intelligent design, it should possible to take advantage of both. Build a eukaryotic monorepo backbone if you have to, but maximize bacterial DNA.
Super Saturday with 50+ Agents at Work discussing AI Workflows!
From re-imaginging commerce to Marketing, HR processes to productivity hacks, today's @AgaraWalksBLR had the most diverse cohort to discuss all things AI Agents
Great to have partnered with Opptra to co-host this.
This is a great paper to read and understand Credentialing and user centric approach which would unlock many new usecases. Happy that @dhiwaynetworks 's @SurendraSingh had significant contributions.
We’ve just launched a new vision paper on User-Centric Credentialing & Personal Data Sharing. It proposes a trusted, portable way for people to control and use their own data - unlocking access to services and opportunity at scale.
📥 Read it here: https://t.co/rM9vffJMVN
@hvpandya I believe the customisations are defined by the restaurant. So, they might have created counterintuitive options with zero value.
This can be a new feature for restaurants to define exclusions under customisation. What do you think? Good catch, though
Just last week I was telling a friend, Can I own the page rank to create my own Search?
This is much more relevant today when we think about creating a user-centric decentralised trustworthy internet for everyone.
How would you reshape the digital future?!
Remember collecting postcards as souvenirs in childhood?! This is the new age postcard with your name on it.
Experience minting your #NFT this Thursday evening!
@GaganGehani and I are hosting a hands-on community workshop to demystify NFTs. Register now: https://t.co/1foboykoS0
In the spirit of Holi, IRCTC unveils a vibrant tapestry of NFT tickets for the Lucknow-New Delhi-Lucknow IRCTC Tejas trains (82501/82502), available from March 20th to April 2nd.
These tickets are not merely digital souvenirs; they are a celebration of the rich cultural tapestry of Lucknow and Delhi.
They symbolize our dedication to enriching your journey experiences, allowing you to personalize your travel memories with your own photographs and enjoy exclusive offers from handpicked brands.
We invite you to embrace the festive season with these artistic NFT tickets, crafted with joy and creativity.
#TejasRangotsav
Don't miss this! @GaganGehani and I demystify how simple it is to create your own NFT (tokenized asset) and yet how powerful it could be when you think of all the possibilities it can unlock.
Join us this Thursday evening 👇🏽
Heard of NFTs? They can help identify a genuine from a deep fake or duplicate, help you earn royalty when your content gets used (say, to train a model), or help ascertain the origin of an artefact (just like land records)
Join us on Thu evening for a hands-on NFT workshop 👇🏽
i hate recycling
recycling the same set of onchain users from 1 app to another
the only solution?
grow the pie, get new users onchain
i am doing my little bit by doing this workshop with a serious, population scale product builder @SurendraSingh in Bangalore on "Blockchain beyond the price : NFTs", the idea is to expose new users to the onchain economy beyond the price centric main stream conversation
please get a normie friend along and we can insult them together with derogatroy name calling like this once they are on the inside
link in the comments
We did an impromptu @AgaraWalksBLR this week!
Glad to have got an amazing diverse group join in!
@SurendraSingh shared thoughts abt Finternet - Nilekani's latest DPI initiative
@asnar002 talked about his startup exit & now building a programming language & an OS! How cool!
🧵
@LuckyInvest_ARK@mybmc It took me 2.45 hr to reach Mumbai T2 from BKC. We need to focus on physical infra as much as we do on digital infra! Indian cities are becoming 'diseconomies' https://t.co/7sVTaNxbq8
#Finternet has arrived! Goosebumps watching @NandanNilekani's keynote at #GFF24. Wonderful demo by @imsiddshetty & inspiring work by @pramodkvarma. Proud & humbled to be in such august company. Join https://t.co/Vmr8rxJZDY